I have swum against the stream all my life. It's not something I feel uncomfortable with. Is it difficult? Is it unpleasant? You bet.

Everybody doesn't have to have a daughter who's a goodie-two-shoes.

The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years

I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.

I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in some way

You've got to remind yourself all the time that you're being measured against the fashions of the day, and if your work truly has any kind of staying power, well, people will be talking about it in 20, 30 years.